Tag: Safety: Child

Evidence lacking for assessing benefits and harms of primary care interventions for preventing maltreatment in children younger than 18 years

THC ingestions of ≥1.7 mg/kg predicted severe and prolonged toxicity, with sensitivity of 97.3 and 75.4 percent, respectively

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said the loungers put babies at risk for suffocation and falling

Delta-8 THC has psychoactive and intoxicating effects, and has not been evaluated or approved by the FDA for safe use in any context

Infants can suffocate if they roll, move, or are placed on the lounger in a position that obstructs their breathing

First links in chain of survival can be assessed by children from age 4; regular training in basic life support consolidates long-term skills

A 2-year-old died in 2018 in New Mexico and a 9-month-old died in 2015 in Japan

Black children are overreported as suspected victims, at a rate of 2.5 times their proportion in the overall U.S. population

Usage higher among older children versus younger children and among girls versus boys

Four children have become trapped in the blankets, including a 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl who both died